Lurking among them is a “giant” virus, a genetic behemoth that blurs the line between the living and the inanimate. When this ...

People tend to get sick more often in the winter than in the summer. The coldest months of the year coincide with flu season ...

Viruses attack nearly every living organism on Earth. To do so, they rely on highly specialized proteins that recognize and ...

A batch of bacteria and viruses launched to the International Space Station returned to Earth with unexpected mutations that ...

Recovering from the flu only to get sick again? Learn the 5 signs of a dangerous secondary infection that requires immediate ...

The most effective protection against norovirus is washing your hands regularly with warm, soapy water, as alcohol-based hand ...

A new study suggests that people may experience the same virus differently based on how quickly the cells in their noses ...

Ascher suggests warm water, mostly because it's most comfortable. "Hot water can be drying on the skin and cold water may not ...

Most germs in public toilets spread through hands and air rather than toilet seats, making hygiene far more important than avoiding sitting.

The study found that viruses in the plastisphere carry out a process called horizontal gene transfer. In that process, ...

Antimicrobial resistance - when bacteria and fungi defend themselves against the drugs design to kill them - is an urgent threat to global public health, according to the Centers for Disease Control ...

"It’s like a new world that we didn’t know existed before," one Eastern Connecticut State University researcher said.